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| SONIC WEAPONS USED IN IRAQ POSITIONED AT CONGRESSIONAL TOWNHALL MEETINGS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY |
| 2009-09-15 |
| Posted by:BrerRabbit |
| #8 Frank G, Rick Roberts was talking about this on his show this morning. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2009-09-15 17:33 |
| #7 I've lived in San Diego 50 years, the last 20 in "east county". I've never heard of Liberty One Radio or East County Magazine. Salt, pleeeze Looks like the real thing to me: Link, takes awhile to load, Instalaunched |
| Posted by: KBK 2009-09-15 12:26 |
| #6 Welcome to Liberty One. A New Progressive Voice for San Diego. July 4, 2009, Independence Day: We at Liberty One Radio announced our new venture. Our MISSION: "To put the PUBLIC back on the Public Air-Waves". |
| Posted by: ed 2009-09-15 10:33 |
| #5 Sal Magallanez of San Diego-based Liberty One Radio said in an e-mail sent to East County Magazine, prompting a joint investigation. I've lived in San Diego 50 years, the last 20 in "east county". I've never heard of Liberty One Radio or East County Magazine. Salt, pleeeze |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-15 10:25 |
| #4 #2 Well, we can't have the vulgar peasants getting out of hand. Posted by: whitecollar redneck And this is also why they don't want them armed. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-09-15 08:27 |
| #3 The irony here is, the employment and use of acoustic devices in Iraq was a highly sensitive and very limited program which had legitimate political and host nation implications. This is most disturbing. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-15 08:27 |
| #2 Well, we can't have the vulgar peasants getting out of hand. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2009-09-15 08:24 |
| #1 Link may be down. Someone certainly needs to look into this bs. September 11, 2009 (San Diego) – “Long-range acoustic devices [LRADs] for crowd control can be extremely dangerous. These are used in Iraq to control insurgents. They can cause serious and lasting harm to humans…We want to know WHY our Sheriff Dept has this weapon,” Sal Magallanez of San Diego-based Liberty One Radio said in an e-mail sent to East County Magazine, prompting a joint investigation. The device was stationed by San Diego County Sheriff deputies at a recent town hall forum hosted by Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) in Spring Valley and at a subsequent town hall with Congressman Darrell Issa (R-San Diego). The Davis Rally drew an estimated 1,300-1,500 people, including vocal conservative and liberal protest groups. A public records search conducted by East County Magazine has confirmed that the device is an LRAD 500-x manufactured by San Diego-based American Technology Corporation (ATC). Capable of use as an effective loudspeaker, the LRAD also has the ability to emit a deafening tone aimed at incapacitating and dispersing a crowd without use of lethal force. “It’s very concerning,” Kevin Keenan, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said. “ It is fine for the Sheriff’s Department to have new less-than-lethal weapons, but for their interactions with individuals these still-dangerous weapons need to be used only as substitutes for firearms. They can’t be used as just another tool on the tool belt. As we’ve seen with tasers and pepper spray, these types of weapons are being used to subdue people even though they pose the risk of serious physical harm.” ... Liberty One Radio host Mike Copass, a former Democratic Congressional candidate who ran against Davis, tried to interview the Sheriff’s officer who appeared to be in charge of the device, which was mounted on a Rhino all-terrain vehicle. But Magallanez said the official “acted as if he didn’t know what it was.” East County Magazine contacted Lieutenant Anthony Ray at the Lemon Grove sheriff substation. “I was the incident commander,” said Ray, who confirmed that the device was an LRAD but was not sure of the model. “It’s a really loud speaker,” he said, adding that the device is used to assure that announcements can be heard over the din of a crowd. “We’ll often use a helicopter, but this is something portable,” he explained. The device has also been present at a sand-castle building competition in Imperial Beach and could be deployed at any large event locally, since the Sheriff’s office is sometimes subcontracted by other cities within San Diego County to provide security. Asked if he was aware that the device had a deterrent capability that includes a directed sound loud enough to cause hearing loss, he replied, “You mean like they use in Iraq? I can’t imagine we’d do that, because it would hurt our own people at the same time…I can’t believe that we would use the kind of thing on a crowd that the military does,” he said, adding that the deputy on the Rhino was not wearing protective earphones. “There were deputies right in front, too,” he observed, but added that he would have to “go home and look this up on Google” to learn more. Rest Here >>> Alternate link & story. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-15 08:16 |